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Thank you for your interest in the Peach State Brew Off organized by Covert Hops Society, Atlanta, GA.

You only need to register your information once and can return to this site to enter more brews or edit the brews you've entered. You can even pay your entry fees online if you wish.

Entry Registration is Open

113 entries have been added to the system as of 8:02 AM, EST, Saturday, February 22, 2025.

93 paid entries are in the system as of 8:02 AM, EST, Saturday, February 22, 2025. There is a limit of 250 paid entries for this competition.

To add your entries into the system, please proceed through the registration process or log in if you already have an account.

Judge and Steward Registration is Open

If you have not registered and are willing to be a volunteer, please register.

If you have registered, log in and then choose Edit Account from the My Account menu indicated by the icon on the top menu.

Rules

The Peach State Brew Off is the one of the oldest and largest AHA sanctioned competitions in the southeast. Our competition is open to any amateur homebrewer age 21 or older. The final judging session and awards ceremony will be on Saturday March 22, 2025.

In order to register as a judge or steward please use the Volunteer menu.

All mailed entries must be received at the mailing location by the shipping deadline - please allow for shipping time.

All entries will be picked up from drop-off locations the day of the drop-off deadline—please have them there early as we cannot guarantee specific pick up times within the day. Additional dropoff locations are being confirmed--please check back soon for updates.

All entries must be handcrafted products, containing ingredients available to the general public, and made using private equipment by hobbyist brewers (i.e., no use of commercial facilities or Brew on Premises operations, supplies, etc.).

The competition organizers are not responsible for mis-categorized entries, mailed entries that are not received by the entry deadline, or entries that arrived damaged.

The competition organizers reserve the right to combine styles for judging and to restructure awards as needed depending upon the quantity and quality of entries.

Qualified judging of all entries is the primary goal of our event. Judges will evaluate and score each entry. The average of the scores will rank each entry in its category. Each flight will have at least one BJCP judge.

The competition committee reserves the right to combine overall style categories based on number of entries. All possible effort will be made to combine similar styles. All brews in combined categories will be judged according to the style they were originally entered in.

The Best of Show judging will be determined by a Best of Show panel based on a second judging of the top winners.

Bottles will not be returned to entrants.

People's Choice Award!

Bring some homebrew on March 22 to share and compete in the people's choice award. All competition participants can sign up to vote on their favorite homebrew. You will need a label to attach to your keg, growlers, or box of bottles. CHECK BACK SOON for this label link. Please also bring what you will need for serving: tubing, CO2, regulator, picnic tap, etc.

Entry Acceptance Rules

Number of Bottles Required Per Entry: 2

Entrants are limited to a maximum of eight (8) entries for this year's competition.

Each entry will consist of two (2) 12 oz. capped bottles that are void of all identifying information, including labels and embossing. Printed caps but must be blacked out completely.

Entry labels must be printed from this website and securely attached to each bottle with a rubber band.

Both labels may be attached with the same rubber band. Labels that are taped or glued to the bottle may be disqualified.

Bottles will not be returned to contest entrants.

Payment can only be made through PayPal.

 

Competition Officials

You can send an email to any of the following individuals via Contact.

  • Joe McCusker — Organizer
  • Nate Watkins — Registrar

Sponsors

Covert Hops Society is proud to have the following sponsors for the Peach State Brew Off.

Beverage Control
Tucker, GA
Beverage Control
Bold Monk Brewing
Atlanta, GA
Bold Monk Brewing
Brewers Supply Group Inc
Shakopee MN
Brewers Supply Group Inc
Five Star Chemicals & Supply
Arvada, CO
Five Star Chemicals & Supply
Hopstix
Chamblee, GA
Hopstix
Max Lager's Wood Fired Grill & Brewery
https://maxlagers.com/
Max Lager's Wood Fired Grill & Brewery
Omega Yeast
Chicago, IL
Omega Yeast
Rahr Malting
Shakopee, MN
Rahr Malting
ThermoWorks
Salt Lake City, UT
ThermoWorks